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Alleged Last Audio Recording of Joan Rivers Is a ‘Fraud,’ Says Rep

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042414 JoanRiversNBC?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1410876196038Charles Sykes/Bravo(NEW YORK) — A YouTube video claiming to be the last-ever recording of Joan Rivers is a complete fake, a rep for the late comedienne tells ABC News Radio.

According to the New York Post, Rivers made a test recording for a radio ad for her friend Brad Zimmerman’s upcoming off-Broadway show, My Son the Waiter, a Jewish Tragedy. It was reportedly made on Aug. 28, the very day Rivers underwent a procedure at Yorkville Endoscopy, from which she never awoke.

Rivers’ rep says, “The recording is a fraud. Joan never made any such tape. This is a publicity stunt that was created by Brad Zimmerman and his public relations representative, Beck Lee, and is wholly disrespectful to the memory of Joan Rivers.”

In the radio ad, the person purported to be Rivers coughs after speaking a few words.

“My voice has been bothering me,” the voice explains. “I don’t know what it is.”

The voice complains not only about the material — “This is terrible copy. Who wrote this crap?” — but also about her health.

“I feel like s**t,” says the voice.  “I’m tired already.”

Rivers died Sept. 4, one week after she went into cardiac arrest during the endoscopy.


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